What is the standard of review of performance of counsel in a civil case?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Lemon, 550 F.2d 467 (9th Cir. 1977):

This court, in de Kaplany v. Enomoto, 540 F.2d 975, at 987 (9th Cir. 1976) (en banc) identified three alternate standards by which to review the performance of counsel: (1) whether counsel's performance was "so poor and incompetent as to make the trial a farce or mockery of justice"; (2) "whether the circumstances show a denial of fundamental fairness"; and (3) whether there was a "lack of effective aid in the preparation and trial of the case lack of counsel likely to render and rendering reasonably effective assistance." None was violated here.

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